Naomi Watts Reveals Fashion Advice Her Daughter Kai, 17, Has Given Her
Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber’s Daughter Kai Makes Her Runway Debut at 16
In Naomi Watts' family, sometimes it's her daughter who knows best.
The Mulholland Drive actress revealed that her and ex Liev Schreiber's 17-year-old daughter Kai Schreiber has often given her "solicited or unsolicited" fashion advice.
"She's really got a keen eye for style and the confidence to pull it off as well," Watts exclusively told E! News during a recent launch party for her Stripes Beauty brand's new Rite of Passion arousal gummies. "She often weighs in, literally asking if I have a second option. She'll give her opinion and detailed notes."
Of course, the teen doesn't just talk the talk. She has literally walked the walk, making her runway debut at Paris Fashion Week in March 2025.
"She's very cool," Watts, 58, added, "much cooler than I was at that age."
However, the actress has proven she can pick some of her own iconic looks, with Kai giving her seal of approval on the sheer black lace dress she wore at the New York City event.
"This dress, she was very much in favor of right away," the actress beamed. "She wants to own this dress afterward."
While Kai had some words of wisdom about fashion for her mom, Watts—who also shares son Sasha Schreiber, 19, with Schreiber—also revealed the advice she's given her daughter.
"Know why you're there," she recalled telling Kai ahead of her modeling debut. "You better love it because being self-employed is not the easiest thing. There's no guarantee. We all have a pretty good work ethic in my family. So, I trust it's going to go well."
Indeed, Watts—who tied the knot with Billy Crudup in 2023—knows Kai is thriving in the industry. In fact, they even worked together on Simkhai's fall 2026 campaign.
"She's very professional," Watts said of the mother-daughter campaign. "She loves what she does and is obsessed with fashion. It was really lovely. Any time I get to spend with my teenage kids is a win."
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As Kai continues to focus on modeling, the King Kong actress shared insight into her own career, including expanding her wellness brand's product lines.
Stripes Beauty—which focuses on products for those navigating perimenopause and menopause—has launched the Rite of Passion gummy to support sexual wellness.
"That's one of the things that happens that is very real for women," Watts reflected. "Sex can become complicated. You have to put a little more organization and thinking into it, and obviously communication. It can be something there's still a lot of shame around."
"Even for me, when I was creating this company, I was nervous about getting too much into the intimate parts of the things because it is embarrassing," she explained, noting that it was life-changing to own that anxiety and "say, 'I don't want to suffer. I want help.'"
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So, Stripes Beauty began working on their arousal gummy after receiving demand from their customers.
"We listened to the ladies out there," she told E!. "They were suffering through this and talking about how it breaks down your confidence. It breaks down relationships, it breaks down sleep, and creates anxiety and all of those things. It was important to us."
Because at the heart of her mission is normalizing some of the tough realities of aging.
"Part of the whole messaging behind Stripes Beauty is to embrace where you're at, and I try to do that," she added. "It's not always a bed of roses, but I do my best."
However, she also asserted, "No judgment on anyone who wants to do whatever they want."
Watts isn't the only celeb to get candid about aging. Keep reading to see what other stars have shared about their journeys.
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Heidi Klum
"I don't think of getting older as looking better or worse; it's just different. You change, and that's okay. Life is about change," she told Self.
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Cameron Diaz
"There's no such thing as anti-aging. We're all aging, period. Women take it as something personal that they are getting older. They think that they failed somehow by not staying 25. This is crazy to me because my belief is that it's a privilege to get older—not everybody gets to get older," she told Access Hollywood.
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Kate Beckinsale
"Historically when women have made strides of some type, culturally things rise up to oppress them. Right now I feel like we've made a lot of strides, but nobody's allowed to age or look pregnant. I feel all of that stuff has gotten worse. It's a brilliant way to keep people enslaved, by having them horrified by themselves. Well I refuse to feel shame about being human," she told the Los Angeles Times.
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Jennifer Lopez
"When I turned 40, I was like, huh. I accept myself more now. It was much more comforting," she told Harper's Bazaar.
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Cindy Crawford
"I'm actually happier with my body now… because the body I have now is the body I've worked for. I have a better relationship with it. From a purely aesthetic point of view, my body was better when I was 22, 23. But I didn't enjoy it. I was too busy comparing it to everyone else's," she told Popsugar.
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Drew Barrymore
"Gravity and wrinkles are fine with me. They're a small price to pay for the new wisdom inside my head and my heart. If my breasts fall down to the floor and everything starts to sag, becoming hideous and gross, I won't worry," as she told Bustle.
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Madonna
"F--k you. I'm 50. That's what I'm going to say when I turn 50. Sorry," as she told Popsugar.
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Diane Keaton
"Here is my biggest takeaway after 60 years on the planet: There is great value in being fearless. For too much of my life, I was too afraid, too frightened by it all. That fear is one of my biggest regrets," as the told PopSugar.
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Helen Mirren
"When you're 16, you think 28 is so old! And then you get to 28 and it's fabulous. You think, then, what about 42? Ugh! And then 42 is great. As you reach each age, you gain the understanding you need to deal with it and enjoy it," she told Bustle.
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Jennifer Garner
"I do think about ageing. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much," she told Marie Claire UK.
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Celine Dion
"There's no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It's beautiful, I call that beauty," she told Ok! Magazine.
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Penelope Cruz
"Age holds absolutely no fear for me. There is so much enjoyment ahead," as she told MarieClaire.
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Kate Winslet
"I'm baffled that anyone might not think women get more beautiful as they get older. Confidence comes with age, and looking beautiful comes from the confidence someone has in themselves," she told Net-a-Porter Magazine.
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Oprah Winfrey
"People who lie about their age are denying the truth and contributing to a sickness pervading our society—the sickness of wanting to be what you're not.... I know for sure that only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life," she wrote in O Magazine.
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Diane Von Furstenberg
"Aging is out of your control. How you handle it, though, is in your hands.... In my older face, I see my life. Every wrinkle, every smile line, every age spot. There is a saying that with age, you look outside what you are inside. If you are someone who never smiles, your face gets saggy. If you're a person who smiles a lot, you will have more smile lines. Your wrinkles reflect the roads you have taken; they form the map of your life. My face reflects the wind and sun and rain and dust from the trips I've taken. My face carries all my memories. Why should I erase them?" she told Vogue.
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Reese Witherspoon
"But I think as a woman, you get older, you feel more confident in your sexuality. You're not as intimidated by it, not as embarrassed by it. Sexuality and femininity is an accumulation of age and wisdom and comfort in your own skin," she told Glamour.
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